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Ad Code: 4
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"Chica" 1976 11"x16"
Artwork image copyright of deHarte Group.
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Eugene Reynaldo Quesada, a native of Wickenburg, Arizona, began sketching as a youth. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in 1952 and has studied in California, New York and with the Mexican muralist Jean Charlot. During his youth he was influenced by such masters as Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Riviera.
After graduation, he lived and studied in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he lived through the 1960’s.
His long residence in Mexico has flavored his body of work. The artist, working for over 50 years, has included many faces of Latin America with the intention of evoking sensation or emotion with depictions of stuttering lines, torsos, and oblique forms. He works in many media and styles, but is always concerned with his environment and heritage.
He deals in the barest essentials in defining his subjects. Texture and color are used to define form rather than specific objects to make his paintings appear larger than they are. His drawings suggest brief visual statements. A few strokes of ink wash are enough to suggest the massive bulk and potential aggressiveness of a challenging bull.
Summary:
Born: Wickenburg, Arizona, 1927
Death: Wickenburg, Arizona, 2011
B.A., Arizona State University, 1952
Academic Experience:
Professor Emeritus of Design at Arizona State University, 1972-
Glendale Community College, Arizona, 1972
Santa Paula High School, Santa Paula, California, 1954
Exhibitions:
1990
Arte Sweat & Tears, Museo Chicano, Phoenix, Arizona
1990-1988
The Latin American Presence in The United States, 1920-1970
Organized by The Bronx Museum of the Arts (Sept 23, 1988)
El Paso Museum of Art (Feb. 27 – April 23, 1989)
San Diego Museum of Art (May 20 – July 16, 1989)
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Aug 14 – Oct 8, 1989)
The Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida (Jan 28 – March 1990)
1983
Group Show, Primer Encuentro Cultural: Chicano Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
1980
One-man show, Drawings by Eugenio Quesada, Glendale, Arizona
1978
New Hispanic Exhibit, Washington, D.C.
1977-1976
17 Artists, Hispano / Mexican-American / Chicano:
Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho, March 1977
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California, January 1977
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois, October 1976
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, August 1976
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas, May 1976
The Lobby Gallery-Illinois Bell, Chicago, Illinois, March 1976
1976
Exposicion 1976, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ (Sept)
Organizaciones Unidas Patrioticas y Culturales
1976
Two-Man exhibit, Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Tempe, AZ
1975
Group Exhibit, Yuma, AZ (Sept)
1975
Chicanos and the Arts, Phoenix, AZ (May)
1973
Exhibit, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Mexican American Art Symposium, one of 11 nationally recognized artists selected to participate
1972
One-man show, Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Tempe, AZ
1971
Exhibit, Washington, D.C., League of United Latin American Citizens exhibit of paintings by Mexican-American Artists
1971
Five Chicano Artists, The First Unitarian Universalist Church, Paradise Valley, AZ (May)
1968
Exhibit, one-man show, Casa de la Cultura Jalisciense, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Murals, One of several artists who worked on the mural in the ASU Administration building
1963 – 1970
executed a number of murals in Mexico
Publications
2005
The Artists Bluebook: 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
Author: AskART.com Inc, Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
1993
The Hispanic-American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States
Editor: Nicolas Kanellos, Publisher: Gale Group, p.480
1988
The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920-1970
Author, Editor: Jacinto Quirarte, Luis R. Cancel, Corporate Author: Bronx Museum of the Arts, Publisher: Henry N. Abrams, Inc
1984
Chant of the Centuries, Author: Beverly Jeanne Davis
Publisher: W.S. Benson, Sustin, Texas
1977
Art & Ethnics: Background for Teaching Youth in a Pluralistic Society
Author: Eugene Grigsby Jr.
Publisher: Wm. C, Brown Co., Dubuqe, Iowa
1977
Art in Your World
Author: Gerald F. Brommer, George F. Horn
Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts
1973
Mexican American Artists
Author: Jacinto Quirarte
Publisher: University of Texas Press
1970
Humble Way Magazine, Second Quarter 1970
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Editor: Downs Matthews
American Artists University and College
Slide Series
University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
Submitted by Ron deHarte
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